Re: [Nagios-users] Host checks instead of service checks

2009-03-18 Thread Israel Brewster
checks instead of service checks Thanks Richard. I'll give that a try. regards, deborah -Original Message- From: Richard Quintin [mailto:rich+nag...@quintinz.com] Sent: 16 March 2009 15:26 To: Deborah Martin Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Host checks

[Nagios-users] Host checks instead of service checks

2009-03-16 Thread Deborah Martin
Hi Folks, Currently, the main nagios box (running old version of SuSE) and Nagios 2.0b4 is running just with service checks, one of which is an ssh check (we don't allow ping) So in the web interface, I see all hosts as up. However, I've built a new box (which hopefully will replace the

Re: [Nagios-users] Host checks instead of service checks

2009-03-16 Thread Richard Quintin
You could use check_dummy for the host check and just have it always return OK. Or perhaps the opposite you could add a check_dummy service check for all hosts. Which you choose will depend upon your personal preference and how you want dependencies to be handled. On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:06

Re: [Nagios-users] Host checks instead of service checks

2009-03-16 Thread Deborah Martin
Thanks Richard. I'll give that a try. regards, deborah -Original Message- From: Richard Quintin [mailto:rich+nag...@quintinz.com] Sent: 16 March 2009 15:26 To: Deborah Martin Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Host checks instead of service checks You

Re: [Nagios-users] Host checks instead of service checks

2009-03-16 Thread Deborah Martin
_ From: Deborah Martin Sent: 16 March 2009 15:06 To: 'nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: Host checks instead of service checks Importance: High Hi Folks, Currently, the main nagios box (running old version of SuSE) and Nagios

Re: [Nagios-users] Host checks instead of service checks

2009-03-16 Thread Jim Avery
2009/3/16 Deborah Martin deborah.mar...@kognitio.com: Hi Folks, Currently, the main nagios box (running old version of SuSE) and Nagios 2.0b4 is running just with service checks, one of which is an ssh check (we don't allow ping) So in the web interface, I see all hosts as up. However,

Re: [Nagios-users] Host checks instead of service checks

2009-03-16 Thread Deborah Martin
To: 'Richard Quintin' Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Host checks instead of service checks Thanks Richard. I'll give that a try. regards, deborah -Original Message- From: Richard Quintin [mailto:rich+nag...@quintinz.com mailto:rich+nag...@quintinz.com

Re: [Nagios-users] Host checks instead of service checks

2009-03-16 Thread Jim Avery
2009/3/16 Deborah Martin deborah.mar...@kognitio.com: So on changing the ssh checkĀ  from a service to a host definition (to prevent PENDING on the hosts), the pre-flight warnings now complain there are no services associated with the hosts. On big systems here (100 nodes+) this makes the